[ale] multiple ips, ensim and Apache....

[Dow Hurst]

Is it a virtual server and not really IP based?  Or are they using port 
redirection internally?  I am curious and don't know enough to even 
guess well! ;-)
Dow


John Wells wrote:

>I do occasional contract work for a hosting company out of Nevada that
>uses Ensim's Webppliance to manage their services.
>
>Last night, I had to setup an IP-based virtual hosting account through the
>Ensim interface.  Everything worked smoothly, and I could ping the IP
>afterwards.
>
>However, I decided to explore a bit and see how ensim was implementing the
>IPs.  The box has only one NIC, so I assumed they were using virtual
>interfaces (a la eth0:0, etc.).
>
>I logged into the box as root, verified that the account's chrooted
>filesystem was indeed created, and did an ifconfig -a . . . but no virtual
>interfaces.
>
>My impression was that with Apache, the only way to do IP-based virtual
>hosting was either with virtual interfaces or multiple nics.  Am I wrong
>here, or is Webppliance cleverly hiding something from me?
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>John
>
>
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